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Re:Hacking the genome of fungi for smart foods of the future by samatman on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @05:43PM (#39844959)
> Are there other macronutrients in that much mass of food?

By convention, those three are the macronutrients. Dietary fibre is sometimes included, 100g of quorn mince has 7.5 g.

The Wiki article has a detailed breakdown of the protein fraction by amino acid, but only breaks fats out into 'saturated' and 'not', which is reasonably common.

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Re:Hacking the genome of fungi for smart foods of the future by westurner on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @08:18PM (#39846298)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34674644 :

> Omega-3s and Omega-6s would be listed under "Polyunsaturated Fats" if it were allowed to list them on the standard Nutrition Facts label instead of elsewhere on the packaging.

Maybe someone else should ask FDA to allow food labelers to optionally include a breakdown of PUFAs Polyunsaturated Fats into at least Omega 6 and Omega 3 next time there is a public comment register on Nutrition Facts labels. There may be more justifying research on Omegas' relevancy to health now?

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